In praise of early 80's electronica.....

[Dayvo]

Some excellent choices here, folks!

I have many favourites, but this easily comes to mind:

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I think my morning will be wasted spent surfing on youtube.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

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Classix Nouveax

and as for Numan/Tubeway Army being a one hit wonder.......... tosh.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

As its Friday, hows about a bit of Cabaret Voltaire?....

Saw them early 80s in Sheffield, top stuff!

 

[accountantpete]

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[jonny jeez]

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Check out the shirt at 38

 

[jonny jeez]

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classic one hit wonder...but still a classic

 

[jonny jeez]

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Not electronica but still of the era...

 

[Glow worm]

Oh and Wall of Voodoo, fantastic band with the mighty Stan Ridgeway - genius!

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That's a corker!

How about some more Howard Jones......complete with gimp (I can't get You Tube vids to appear as a big box on here , so here's a linky)

http://www.youtube.c...ayer_detailpage

He's from Leighton Buzzard apparently(Jones that is). I don't know much more than that about him. O hang a mo, he might have once been a milkman.

 

[Glow worm]

And here's some completely bonkers Hats from 1982.

Men Wthout Hats

Note the girl has a big singing role!

 

[Glow worm]

Ah the 80s when it was completley OK to have your own personal BDSM Gimp... they were the days.....

Its peecee gawn maaaad

 

[Glow worm]

Not quite electronica as such, but from that era- Scatterings of Africa by Johnny Clegg/ Juluka. The video was filmed entirely on location on the Isle of Wight.

(A bit of a Caroline classic - I think the tender only brought one record out to the ship that week and this was it).

Scatterlings of Africa

Talking of Caroline, this still brings a tear to my eye - esp the bit after 3:45. Sigh.

The Hooters Caroline flavour

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Just to get back to 'normal', how about a bit of Yello?

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I didn't realise Smeggers had already posted a Yello as he didn't friggin say what it was and I can't get u-tube at work!!

 

[TVC]

As Tez suggested, how could you not include this lot in this thread:

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[accountantpete]

Not really part of the Electronica scene but a good song from the Headboys


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[GrumpyGregry]

oh yeah, and almost anything Tolhurst era from The Cure.